Linux patch question

Hello we have servers with Redhat and Suse Operating systems - i would like to know when was the server last patched and is it uptodate.In other words - as in hpux we check bundles and compare with latest patch bundles and make sure it is updated or not - i would like to perform the same thing in linux - pls advice .Is there a patch bundle for linux as well as other operating systems HP and solaris..?

Re: Linux patch question

You can see when it was last updated by looking at /var/log/yum.log, and "yum update" will tell you if the system is up to date or not.

As far as I know there's not such thing as patch bundles in Redhat. Closest thing would be minor releases, but that's not really close anyway.

If you want to get a tighter control over package versions installed on your servers you could set up your own local mirror of the RH repositories and make your servers pull their updates from there. Your mirror's snapshot of the RH repository would work as your "patch bundle", so to speak.

Re: Linux patch question

What you are getting there are the installed versions of the "patch" package, which is a program to patchs files with diffs.

You won't find one single package defining the patch level of the whole system, that only happens when you upgrade to the next minor (or major) version.The only "patch level" you'll find in RedHat is in /etc/redhat-release. Other than that it's just per-package upgrades that you can check with yum.